General Counsel, Delivery Enablement / Legal

Portage Point Partners, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 300,000 - 390,000; Full time

Job summary

Portage Point Partners in Chicago seeks a General Counsel to lead the legal function as the firm's senior advisor, overseeing contracts, regulatory compliance, risk and corporate governance across practice lines and geographies. You will report directly to the CEO and collaborate with the Board to shape strategy and ensure compliant growth.

You will drive negotiations of engagement terms, limitation-of-liability and indemnification provisions, and guide employment matters, acquisitions, and

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from a top law school with active bar admission in good standing.
• Seven+ years of legal experience, including time at a leading law firm and in-house in professional services/consulting/financial advisory or investment banking.
• Located in or willing to relocate to Chicago, with ability to work on-site four days per week.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal legal advisor to the CEO, Board, Sponsor and executive leadership on legal and governance matters.
• Own the firm's client contracting framework, including engagement letters, MSAs, SOWs and NDAs with indemnification terms and risk standards.
• Oversee regulatory compliance across the platform including broker-dealer and FINRA obligations and cross-border requirements.
• Manage disputes, litigation, claims and professional liability matters, including outside counsel.
• Advise on employment matters, equity arrangements and support corporate development activities like acquisitions and new offices.
• Lead internal trainings and best-practice sharing.
• Support talent acquisition and firm-building initiatives.

Skills

Legal experience

Communication skills

Client-facing

Negotiation

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission in U.S. jurisdiction

Bachelor's degree

Job description

At Portage Point Partners (Portage Point), you are not a cog in a legacy machine, you are shaping strategy, influencing outcomes and being rewarded for driving impact. Backed by New Mountain Capital, Portage Point is recognized for accelerated growth and is consistently featured in rankings from Inc.5000, The Financial Times and Consulting Magazine. This recognition is a testament to our focus on excellence, intensity and pace and ability to attract blue chip talent committed to delivering best-in-class outcomes. Our cross-functional platform spans the full business lifecycle and offers middle market clients integrated solutions across Transaction Advisory Services (TAS), Valuations (VAL), Transaction Execution Services (TES), Office of the CFO (OCFO), Performance Improvement (PI), Interim Management (IM), Investment Banking (IB) and Turnaround & Restructuring Services (TRS).

The Delivery Enablement (DE) team supports internal stakeholders by providing a robust operational backbone across TAS, Valuations, TES, OCFO, PI, IM, IB and TRS. The team includes Talent Acquisition, Human Resources (HR), Marketing, Data Analytics, Finance & Accounting and Delivery Excellence. As Portage Point continues to grow, the DE team is laser focused on scalability, quality and automation.

The General Counsel role at Portage Point represents a unique opportunity to assume a wide range of responsibilities and make a significant impact. This General Counsel is the firm's senior legal advisor and will build and lead the legal function as Portage Point scales across practice lines, offices and geographies. The General Counsel will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and oversee all legal, regulatory, risk and compliance matters, including client and vendor engagement terms, broker-dealer and investment banking regulation, employment matters, corporate governance and transactions. You will lead key initiatives, manage discrete workstreams and work closely with senior leaders. If you thrive in a self-engineered, high-performance culture and want to help build the future of a rapidly growing professional services firm, this is the right role for you.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal legal advisor to the CEO, Board, Sponsor and executive leadership on legal and governance matters
• Own the firm's client contracting framework, including engagement letters, retention applications, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs and indemnification terms and set risk-based approval standards
• Oversee regulatory compliance across the platform, including the broker-dealer and FINRA obligations, independence and conflicts procedures, data privacy and cross-border requirements for international operations such as Triple P India
• Manage disputes, litigation, claims and professional liability matters, including engagement of outside counsel
• Advise on employment matters, restrictive covenants, partner and equity arrangements, and support corporate development activity including acquisitions, new office openings and entity structuring
• Lead internal trainings and best practice sharing
• Support talent acquisition and firm-building initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a top undergraduate program
• Juris Doctor (JD) from a top law school and active bar admission in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• Located in or willing to relocate to Chicago, Dallas, New York or Palm Beach
• Invested in a team-based culture, motivated to collaborate in office four days per week and willing to work at client sites as needed
• Seven plus years of legal experience, including time at a leading law firm and experience in an in-house role at a professional services, consulting, financial advisory or investment banking firm
• Deep experience negotiating client engagement terms, limitation-of-liability and indemnification provisions and managing professional liability risk
• Ability to act as a trusted, commercially minded partner to practice leaders, enabling the firm to win and deliver work while managing risk appropriately
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready presentation and reporting skills
• Proven ability to thrive in lean, fast-moving teams
• High attention to detail, responsiveness and ownership mindset
• Track record of success in high-pressure, client-facing environments

$300,000 - $390,000 a year

In accordance with pay transparency laws in the City of New York and the State of California, Portage Point provides a good-faith cash compensation range for this position. This range represents the cash compensation (base plus bonus) that the firm reasonably expects to pay upon hire, based on good-faith and reasonable estimate at the time of posting. The final compensation within this range will depend on the candidate’s qualifications, education, training, experience and location. In addition to cash compensation, Portage Point may offer comprehensive benefits and equity participation, which are not reflected in the pay range above.